⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, seven turnovers to their fourteen
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Suns
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 3 down to 8 up
Q1 10:57 · PHX 12-4 DAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q3 1:45 · PHX 80-69 DAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 20
Q4 9:15 · PHX 93-73 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Mavericks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Dirk Nowitzki misses technical free throw
Q4 11:07 · PHX 80-69 DAL
📊The numbers
| PHX | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 7 | Threes made | 4 |
| 47% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 21 | Assists | 11 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 5 | Steals | 5 |
| 8 | Blocks | 2 |
